I was pouring through my recipe box looking for that perfect Valentine treat. Lately I am an advocate of a small sweet bite at the end of a meal. I am really not a fan of a large piece of cake or anything with frosting thicker than the cake or cupcake. With that in mind and having a bag of miniature candy bars (8.90 oz) for inspiration, I came up with Candy Bar Hearts. I used a basic cookie recipe, chopped each mini candy bar into four pieces and add them to the dough. So, one bite might be a Snickers bite, another a Milky Way in dark chocolate bite, or a Twix bite. What a fun little sweet bite for your favorite Valentine(s).
Candy Bar Hearts
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup shortening
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup light brown sugar, packed
- 1/2 cup dark brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 2 large eggs
- 2 cups chopped assorted candy bars
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a 10 x 15 baking sheet with parchment. Mix flour, baking soda and salt together. In a mixing bowl, beat butter, shortening, and sugars. Add vanilla and eggs. Mix well. Add flour mixture and mix until all of the dry ingredients are well incorporated. Stir in the candy bar pieces. Spread in prepared baking pan. Bake 20 - 25 minutes, until golden brown. Cool 10 minutes. With a two inch heart-shaped cookie cutter cut out hearts. (reserve the remaining bits left in the pan after cutting out the hearts, use to crumble on top of ice cream or just to snack on!)